How to write if else inside an if...else statement in python?

Question

i am new to python and in this code i want to check if bid_data[8] not equal to '' then the below code runs otherwise only bidno = bid_data[0].split(":")[-1] should runs

if (idx % 2 == 1):
    bid_data = extracted_data.contents[idx].text.strip().split('\n')

    bidno = bid_data[0].split(":")[-1]
    items = bid_data[8].split(":")[-1]
    qnty = int(bid_data[9].split(':')[1].strip())
    dept = (bid_data[10] + bid_data[15].strip()).split(":")[-1]
    edate = bid_data[20].split("End Date:")[-1]

Answer 1

if (idx % 2 == 1):
    bid_data = extracted_data.contents[idx].text.strip().split('\n')

    if bid_data[8] != '':
        bidno = bid_data[0].split(":")[-1]
        items = bid_data[8].split(":")[-1]
        qnty = int(bid_data[9].split(':')[1].strip())
        dept = (bid_data[10] + bid_data[15].strip()).split(":")[-1]
        edate = bid_data[20].split("End Date:")[-1]
    else:
        bidno = bid_data[0].split(":")[-1]